The heroes invade the bad guy's base in retaliation for the death of the Wasp; They soundly trounce the bad guys and capture most of them; As they return to their base with a badly wounded She-Hulk, they discover that Wasp is not dead but was healed by Zsaji; When Spidey notices that Thor's costume has been restored, he is directed to a machine that spits out a small black ball which quickly covers him and becomes his new costume; Xavier contacts the heroes and tells them that Galactus has begun to eat Battleworld.

Indexer Notes

First chronological appearance of Venom (as new Spider-Man costume). Spidey's new black costume only appears on the last two pages of the story. This issue came out 7 months after ASM #252. Wasp returns from dead.